By Andrew Hartshorn, Ottawa Citizen Letter to the Editor, February 10, 2015
Re: Want more Transpo use? Start with the fare policy, Feb. 7. I enjoyed Joanne
Chianello’s opinion piece on the future of OC Transpo. Everything that this city
does for transit is against car drivers. Pedestrians, cyclists, and OC Transpo
are given preference over the free flow of the ordinary citizens vehicles. Roads
like Castlefrank are pinched so that it is impossible for vehicles to pass buses
at their stops. Cycle lanes are added to roads that were never designed for
them. Proposals to lower speeds, despite the current limits not being enforced.
Buses are given priority lanes that never seem to fulfill the city’s dreams. via
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